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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 741
BY SENATOR CHABERT
POSTSECONDARY ED. Provides relative to the Board of Regents' power to formulate a
master plan. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3128(A), relative to the Board of Regents; to provide for2
power to formulate master plan; to prohibit the board from considering mandatory3
self-assessed student fees in certain calculations; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:3128(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง3128. Power to formulate master plan; mission establishment7
A. (1) The Board of Regents shall have the power to formulate and make8
timely revision of a master plan for postsecondary education. As a minimum, the9
plan shall include a formula for equitable distribution of funds to the institutions of10
postsecondary education. The board shall submit its plan and formula for funding to11
the governor and the legislature.12
(2) Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, the board13
shall not consider any mandatory self-assessed student athletic fee in any14
calculations included in such formula.15
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not16
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature17 SB NO. 741
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by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If1
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become2
effective on the day following such approval.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Present law grants the Board of Regents the power to formulate and make timely revision
of a master plan for postsecondary education. Provides that, as a minimum, the plan shall
include a formula for equitable distribution of funds to the institutions of postsecondary
education.
Proposed law prohibits the board from considering any mandatory self-assessed student
athletic fee in any calculations included in such formula.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:3128(A))